Dear all,

the workshop on tactile coding taking place in the The Biorobotics Institute of the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in the next two days (see below) will be available for streaming on the Facebook page of the Institute

https://www.facebook.com/istitutobioroticascuolasuperioresantanna/

the full program is now available in .pdf form here

sssa.bioroboticsinstitute.it/events/TFN2016

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Workshop on Tactile coding and neuroprostheses

December 1-2 2016, Pontedera (Pisa) - Italy

@ The Biorobotics Institute of the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

 

ABSTRACT

Neurophysiology of touch and development of artificial tactile sensation are two fields of research with an ever-increasing interchange. Advanced neuroprostheses are progressively focusing on reproducing the naturalistic processing of tactile sensations in the peripheral and central nervous system. In turn, biomimetic tactile sensors and behavioral studies on patient implanted with tactile neuroprostheses can contribute to the understanding of tactile coding.  This workshop aims at fostering the integration of neurophysiological, computational and robotics studies on touch with contribution of leading experts in the different fields.

 

WORKSHOP SESSIONS

Neurophysiology of touch - keynote speaker Roland S Johannson (Umea University, Sweden)

Touch perception and tactile coding - keynote speaker Vincent Hayward (Institut des Systèmes Intelligents et de Robotique, Paris, France)

Touch restoration, neuroprostheses and biorobotics - keynote speaker Sliman Bensmaia (University of Chicago, USA)

 

DETAILS

The workshop takes place on the premises of The Biorobotics Institute of Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, viale Rinaldo Piaggio 24, in Pontedera (15 mins by train from Pisa, 50 mins from Florence).

The event is free, but registration is compulsory. To register, please write to local organizer Alberto Mazzoni (a.mazzoni@sssup.it)

 

ORGANIZERS

Silvestro Micera (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy / École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland)

Henrik Jorntell (Lund University, Sweden)

Calogero Oddo (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy)

Alberto Mazzoni (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy)

 

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Directorate General for Country Promotion (Economy, Culture and Science)—Unit for Scientific and Technological Cooperation, via the Italy-Sweden bilateral research project on "Brain network mechanisms for integration of natural tactile input patterns", NEBIAS European project (EUFP7-ICT-611687) and Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna fund IEXERC14AM.